Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
Telephone
+44 1463383084
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00313
one.1) Name and addresses
Wave Energy Scotland Limited
An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
Telephone
+44 1463245245
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.waveenergyscotland.co.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA24283
one.1) Name and addresses
Orkney Research and Innovation Campus LLP
The Robert Rendall Building, Franklin Road
Stromness
KW16 3AN
facilitiesmanagement@orkneycampus.co.uk
Telephone
+44 7922426446
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.orkneycampus.co.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30475
one.1) Name and addresses
Cairngorm Mountain (Scotland) Ltd
Cairngorm Mountain, Cairngorm Ski Area
Aviemore
PH22 1RB
Telephone
+44 1479861261
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cairngormmountain.co.uk
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30513
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Property Prime Consultant
Reference number
FTS031
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71530000 - Construction consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Key services are:
Project Management and act as Employers Agent; Cost Management; support HIE in its Net Zero aspirations; provide NEC supervisor services; Monitoring and Reporting of projects; procurement of contracts.
Activities can vary from a few hours desk based research to many months on larger more complex projects. THIS FRAMEWORK HAS NOW BEEN AWARDED.
The Framework has a start date of 1.10.2024 and an end date of 30.9.2028.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £907,130
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
Main site or place of performance
Argyll and the Islands, Caithness and Sutherland, Inner Moray Firth, Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross, Moray, Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
It is expected that these services will be required from October 2024 for a period of 4 years unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Framework agreement.
The 4 year budget, excluding VAT but inclusive of travel and subsistence, currently available to deliver these services is GBP800,000 - GBP1,000,000.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Framework Management & Delivery Methodology / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Project Call Offs Management & Delivery Methodology / Weighting: 20%
Quality criterion - Name: Management & Delivery Team / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Sustainability / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Community Benefits / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Cyber Security / Weighting: pass/fail
Quality criterion - Name: Prompt Payment / Weighting: pass/fail
Price - Weighting: 40%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
HIE may require the supplier to provide additional services particularly with regard to demand and budgetary availability or where HIE’s strategic focus changes as a result of changes in Scottish Government policy or as a result of a direction given to them by the Scottish Government. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This may result in amendments to requirements under the Framework, including but not limited to:
- reduction/ removal of Services, e.g., HIE actioning more of the services or elements of the services themselves
- the addition of similar Services
- increasing the volume of Services
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-015421
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
FTS031
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 August 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Torrance Partnership LLP
1st Floor, Larkfield, 23 Southside Road
Inverness
IV2 3BG
Telephone
+44 1463237999
Fax
+44 1463239998
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKM6 - Highlands and Islands
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £907,130
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties
Proportion: 10 %
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted
Helica (Scotland) Limited will be used to provide support on NEC Supervisor Services as well as Project Manager and CDM Advisor Services.
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
In order to participate, bidders should register, for free, on www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk and record their interest in this contract and download and complete all relevant documentation.
Tenders must be submitted via the PCS postbox and must be received by the published deadline. Late tenders will not be accepted and HIE will reject any submissions received after the deadline. Email or hard copy responses will not be accepted.
(SC Ref:776687)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
The Inverness Justice Centre, Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Telephone
+44 1463230782
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.